Classification: Legendary & Supernatural Humanoids

Temporal Range: 17th to 19th Century with resurgence in the 1970s

Geographic Range: Japan

Diet: Unknown

If you are walking the streets of Tokyo or Osaka late at night and a mysterious woman asks if you think she is beautiful, do not answer and simply walk away. Especially if she is brandishing a pair of scissors and covering her face with a mask, because you have encountered Kuchisake-onna. Once you speak with her, she will remove her mask, revealing a grin that splits her face from ear to ear.

This wide grin, a testament to the horrors she’s both endured and inflicted. It’s also worth noting that the bloody smile conceals a mouth full of incredibly sharp teeth.

Kuchisake-onna’s question is a trap. No matter how you answer, harm will come to you. If you say she’s not beautiful, she will kill you outright. If you say she is beautiful, she will remove her mask and ask again. At this stage, you’re still doomed. If you say no, she will cut you in half. If you say yes, she will carve your face to match hers.